Northern map turtle

Northern map turtle
Gatineau, Quebec
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Graptemys
Species:
G. geographica
Binomial name
Graptemys geographica
(Lesueur, 1817)[1]
Range map
Synonyms
  • Testudo geographica Lesueur, 1817
  • Emys geographica Say, 1825
  • Terrapene geographica Bonaparte, 1831
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) geographica Fitzinger, 1835
  • Emys megacephala Holbrook, 1836
  • Graptemys geographica Agassiz, 1857
  • Malacoclemmys geographica Cope, 1875
  • Malacoclemmys geographicus Davis & Rice, 1883
  • Malaclemys georgraphica Hay, 1887 (ex errore)
  • Malaclemys geographica Hurter, 1893
  • Malaclemmys geographicus McLain, 1899
  • Malaclemys geographicus Paulmier, 1902
  • Graptemys geographicus Siebenrock, 1909[2]
  • Graptemys geographica Stejneger & Barbour, 1917[3]

The northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica), also known as the common map turtle,[4] is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to North America.

  1. ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
  3. ^ Stejneger, L., and T. Barbour (1917). A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 125 pp. (Graptemys geographica, p. 117.)
  4. ^ Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America, North of Mexico ..., SSARHERPS.org